Stylish pillars of Pallavas
A member from a group interested in architecture posted a picture of the pillars from a temple he visited recently. The column was based on a seated lion. He mentioned that it belongs to the Pallava architecture. I suddenly remembered that I saw a similar one somewhere recently. When I searched the album, I found a broken pillar with a seated lion as its base, and it was lying in a corner in the rockfort temple in Trichy. I am fond of lions. So, I clicked its picture accidentally. And the Pallava’s rock cut temple is at the top and the bottom of the rockfort hill. So, it was clear that the broken pillar belonged to the Pallava architecture. I was curious to know more about the Pallava style of columns. Then, I found that these columns evolved in three forms in different time periods. The earlier one belongs to Mahendravarma, the pioneer of rock cut temple architecture. This column has a floral capital, and the column is in octagonal shape that fits into a rectangular shaped base. As